Dear Cyndy,

Thank you for your letter. The CDs to which I listened on
the drive from Konnarock were the rather mechanical, uninspired
Harnoncourt performances of Bach Canatas 170 through 186.
When we drive long stances, I take the opportunity to refresh my 
memory of pieces with which I thought I was familiar.  It's an 
interesting exploration of the mind.

I've heard nothing from the Appeals Court. Last week I wrote
a letter to the Clerk, humbly suggesting that an inadvertent
clerical slip-up might be responsible, and asking what if any
obligations were incumbent on me for securing timely and orderly
adjudication. I've been there before. In my 1970 case against
Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, Judge Garrity was stumped because
he didn't want to rule for me, and my legal position was such
that he logically couldn't rule against me. That case was closed
with a docket entry back-dated to prevent an appeal, and when I
protested the back-dated entry, Judge Garrity said I had waited
too long to bring what he called "an inadvertent slip-up" to his
attention and dismissed the case for failure to prosecute. The
federal appeals court then sustained the dismissal (and the forgery).
The experience taught me a pricless lesson about the law; a truth
that could never be taught in law school.  The Nantucket case is
analogous. Nantucket, the Attorney General and the Trial Court have
taken positions which are logically absurd and legally indefensible.
The Appeals Court doesn't want to repudiate the establishment, but
is embarrassed also to lend its dignity to confirm what the
establishment has done. We'll see what happens.

Meanwhile the Nantucket computer which took surveillance photos
for me, has failed. I'll probably go over in about a week, when
its convenient for Klemens to keep Margaret company for the day.
I don't want to leave her alone. Klemens, unfortunately has to
study for his internal medicine board examination on November 4,
which must now be repated at some interval unknown to me. With
my ophthalmology, I'm lucky to be grandfathered, as they say,
figuratively and literally. Most current research which I would
have to memorize is computer generated, and you're familiar the
the adage: Garbage in - garbage out, which to my mind sums up the
state of the art.

With that unappetizing sentiment, which probably also describes
my writing, I'll end for today, wishing the best for you and Ned.

Jochen